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@Divewith.G.M_Official_Channel

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for the how to launch a SMB because I'm getting one in a couple of days and also going to be using it in a couple of days 😅 and if you're wondering the brand because I know you would like to know it's from XS scuba. But thank you so much for the video!😊

@CircleHScuba

5 ай бұрын

You’re welcome! Good luck, hope it’s helpful!

@Divewith.G.M_Official_Channel

5 ай бұрын

@@CircleHScuba thank you.

I always thought that Enriched Air (Nitrox) certification should be a mandatory part of Open Water certification. If “mandatory” is too strong of a word, then it should at least be marketed as a highly desirable option and integrated with Open Water certification. I believe it’s that useful. Thanks for another great topic!

@CircleHScuba

5 ай бұрын

It’s definitely useful and important!

@Divewith.G.M_Official_Channel

5 ай бұрын

And I'm doing it well I'm doing it through SSI but still they're both technically the same thing 😂

@amadeuss3341

5 ай бұрын

Not everyone needs it. I have a friend who is doing shallow reef dives all his life and that's all he wants.

@CircleHScuba

5 ай бұрын

Good point Amadeus

@Divewith.G.M_Official_Channel

5 ай бұрын

@@amadeuss3341 well you are right but I kind of do really want it because I'm wanting to go on more longer and deeper dives. But still it's not worth it for everyone. And that's okay you do you.

Great to see you feeling better! Thx for the summary and recommendations.

@CircleHScuba

5 ай бұрын

Thanks! Gosh, that flu was very rough this year. I’m still dealing with a fairly bad cough that’s having me sip tea off camera between the edits haha. Hopefully my voice going out in some of the clips wasn’t too horrendous sounding 😂

In the netherlands we have a strong ebb and flow current in the ocean, so strong that it could drag you away if you dont dive on the spring tide (happens twice a day no matter the season;p) you could have a very hard time getting out of the water, trying not to end up in the boat routes or even getting back to shore. So i think having the currents specialty is more of a necessity than a novelty (depending on where you live ofcourse)

@CircleHScuba

17 күн бұрын

Definitely depends on where you live, but I also think drift diving certification can be stuff you learn from someone teaching you the dive site. I’m not sure it’s necessary to pay for the class honestly. It’s not horrible to take and isn’t a bad decision, but you may spend your money elsewhere for more advantage in my opinion. Definitely depends on where you live though!

Thanks a lot. Your knowledge is very usefull for me. I do appreciate your videos to the max. Kind tegards from Switzerland. Andrea

@CircleHScuba

5 ай бұрын

You’re welcome! I’m so happy you enjoyed them. Bitteschön

Nice to see that you’re feeling better 🤙🤙🤙

@CircleHScuba

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! Honestly it was rough recording, had tea off camera. But I’m getting there! Next couple videos may be like that as my voice isn’t lasting with the coughing I’m still doing, but I’m over the flu otherwise! Thanks so much!

Great video 😊 love your videos! Can you do the same video for SSI certification? Some certification are the same but some are different

@CircleHScuba

5 ай бұрын

Thanks! So someone else mentioned SSI as well. I can look into it for sure. I’m not currently a SSI instructor and yes, many of them do cross over but I know some go by different names and there are some other differences as well. I’m just not sure if people would like me ranking courses I’ve never taken from an agency I’m not an instructor in 😬 What do you think?

@brunopimentel8422

5 ай бұрын

@@CircleHScuba i would love to see that video ;) I know there are some differences but if you could look into it i would be very appreciated. Happy new year to you 🎊👌

Excellent I pretty much agree with everything you said ! I think the big problem here are the agencies. PADI as an example want to charge for anything and everything (Put Another Dollar In). Much of the speciality information should be in the core classes. As an example in the advanced class the dives should be set not choose any first dive from a speciality. Example Items for Advanced: Nitrox, Deep, Navigation, Buoyancy, Night/Limited Visibility (possibly a different one). This approach should be taken for Rescue Diver, Master Diver, Dive Master and Instructor. Example, Dive Masters and Instructors should know the information from Self Reliant Diver. Master Diver should include the full speciality courses for the items I listed under Advanced Open Water. Note these are items off the top of my head. If I thought about it seriously it might change some.

@CircleHScuba

5 ай бұрын

I think you make good points. On one hand I appreciate how PADI and other agencies have made it easier and more approachable to get into diving by shortening the courses and all that. On the other hand I don’t like sacrificing learning to get people out faster when there are safety items involved that may get cut, to include some “advanced” things you learn in specialties or other ConEd.

Great video👌👌 11:17 , but what is your sidemount wing doing flapping high above and behind your head? I'm not familiar with Apeks rig as I have an Xdeep stealth tec, but there must be a way to trim it down with bungees across your chest/abdomen or whole harness sits way too high on your back. Probably both. Unnecessary flapping creates huge amounts of drag and can become a snag hazard. Also maintaining trim if air need to be added to the wing must have been bloody difficult 🤔

@CircleHScuba

4 ай бұрын

Yeah so actually the screw that bolted that part of the wing down fell out on that dive! After the dive my team told me and we fixed it.😅 Glad you enjoyed the video too! 😎

I had a very sobering experience at my first night dive. Basically I didn't have a backup light , and the one i had was some cheap crap. So at one point i decided to turn the light off and see how underwater world look at night, after i finished admiring the beauty I pressed the button and nothing happened, torch was toasted 😂😂😂 I Basically hijacked a camera from one of the divers that had a video light on it , and used it to get back 😂😂😂

@CircleHScuba

5 ай бұрын

That’s a little scary for sure! I do love a night dive with no lights just for the look, but not to try to actually dive that way. Glad you were able to borrow someone’s rig!

You need to add Mermaid certification from PADI to the must-have list!

@CircleHScuba

5 ай бұрын

Haha so no joke, I considered adding that but it’s in the free diving side of PADI I believe and not on their “specialty” list I was looking at online when filtering what classes they’re currently selling the material for on their website. There’s a filter for “specialty” and none of the free diving stuff was under it 🤷‍♂️

@UNgineering

5 ай бұрын

@@CircleHScuba fine, fine, i will settle for Zombie Apocalypse Diver cert.

@CircleHScuba

5 ай бұрын

Haha I actually plan to write my own distinctive for a similar-ish course sometime in 2024! I have it written mostly already actually 😅 Side note - I do think I’ll do a video on fun distinctive specialties I can find some day.

@UNgineering

5 ай бұрын

@@CircleHScubalooking forward to it!

Multilevel diver I thought that one was gone already, never did it. Although I do have “the wheel” lying around which was used to plan those before the eRDPml. I agree with most of them, not sure if underwater naturalist is a nice to have. Tagging along with the right people will teach you the same and maybe more.

@CircleHScuba

5 ай бұрын

Yeah it’s still for sale on the PADI site, which is insane haha. Thanks for sticking to the end of the video by the way! I hear you on naturalist, but I do think if you have a strong interest and find the right instructor it can be worth taking. That whole middle category of “nice to have” was kind of centered on that idea though. If you are interested, it’s nice if you find a good person to teach you. Otherwise, do your own research and you’ll learn anything you’d find from an average instructor that doesn’t truly specialize in the category.

@onestar76

5 ай бұрын

@@CircleHScuba same with the photo and video imho. With the release of the DUP specialty those should be removed at least the photo one.

cant wait to watch this👍👍

@CircleHScuba

5 ай бұрын

That’s so kind of you, how did you like it?

Another timely upload as my friends and I are deciding our adventure dives for AOW! Here’s what we have and our thought process. We have night and PPB. The former because my friends are interested and it’s best to have an instructor guide us for the first time. The latter because I personally struggle with it due to weighting and breathing so it’s good to work on it for an entire dive instead of working on it under the guise of a fun dive as we’d probably have exploring the dive site on the back of our minds. As for the third one, we’re split 😂 between underwater naturalist, drift and search & recovery. For me, I think these adventure dives should be something that - unlocks a different experience to you, like you said - helps you in your diving career - you’d benefit from having an entire dive and instructor dedicated to it, instead of something that can be learnt on a fun dive with a quick intro - something that may not commonly be offered as a specialisation With that, I am deciding between naturalist and search & recovery. I am quite interested in conservation and would like to know how underwater ecosystem works. Plus, I’d like to know what i’m looking at underwater 😂 Granted you can learn that online but I always put that off 😅 and somehow naturalist isn’t a common specialisation in SEA, at destinations that are easy to get to (1 flight in and you’re ready to dive) Search & recovery could be useful in finding trash and I see that it’s a component for the divemaster courses. Drift, now after seeing the video and hearing from others, sounds like it could be picked up on a quick orientation. However, it does look scary. Then again, I don’t know whether diving in high current benefits my diving experience. I know you can see different things like sea fans but don’t know what else would there be to feel like it’s a different, better experience Thanks for letting me ruminate in your comments section! 😅

@CircleHScuba

5 ай бұрын

Haha this is great, no worries at all. Ok so if it was me, I’d take S&R unless you have a SUPER good instructor for underwater naturalist. I’d ask them their experience and what you’ll learn, that kind of thing as a bit of an interview. If they don’t seem as hyped to tell you about the flora around your dive sites as you are, look for another instructor or take S&R. S&R can help you gain confidence with navigation (and locating items of course too) giving you a specific task with navigation versus just doing squares and such in the underwater nav course which is more structured navigation for learning versus practical navigation for a specific purpose. Drift I would truly not worry about. Yes, high drift can be scarier at first, especially if it’s not planned and you come across it during a dive, but I think you’ll be alright haha.

@yonasngaturi8805

4 ай бұрын

Hey, thanks for the guidance! I think having that interest sort of sets an expectation too and if the instructor doesn’t share that passion, it could be more of a let down. Definitely would be more than satisfied if I had a marine biologist who’d talk my ear off like you mentioned in the vid haha 😂

@CircleHScuba

4 ай бұрын

Megan in curaçao at ocean encounters haha. She’s awesome

Most divers take AOW so they can dive a bit deeper to better sites and not to be introduced to some specialty courses. This is the necessary evil to dive deeper. Unfortunately it’s not just PADI who force this on divers. My first true open water dive after OW cert was from a boat to a wreck and second dive was a drift dive. I listened to the DM and learned everything I needed to know in the briefing. Sure no wreck penetration but that is where I agree specialist course required. Great videos, keep it going 🙂

@CircleHScuba

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Albert! In my video on why I think people should take advanced, it’s not just about going deeper but I say it’s a good way to see what kind of diving you want to do by doing the first dive of a few specialties, versus having to pay for the full specialty outright or just trying the style of diving uncertified. That’s more what I was alluding to. But yeah, of course the extra depth rating is a reason for Advanced too. Pretty sure I call that out in the video I left in the end of this video, but that’s why I didn’t dive super deep into it in this one 🤓

Could be nice if you used the actual tier as you went through each but thanks for the video

@CircleHScuba

5 ай бұрын

Yeah, I actually wanted to use the actual tier chart too originally but I dropped that because I couldn’t find an image of every certification card and photoshopping 31 of them when it may look slightly off bugged my OCD and perfectionism 🤦‍♂️ I tried doing more of the general grouping but yeah, it’s hard to list 31 and not have a good visual 😢

👍😎🇵🇭🤿! Very well said!👍👍

@CircleHScuba

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Joseph!

Drift dive, is recommended in Switzerland, so there are some Rivers, they wouldn't allow you to dive there without this certification.😮

@CircleHScuba

5 ай бұрын

Wow! I’ve never heard of a river having anyone really gatekeeping at all. Is there just one entry point or something? 🤔 This is good to know! I’d slightly revise my list then.

@benheckendorn2696

5 ай бұрын

​@CircleHScuba ​​⁠the funny part is, drift diving is not requested in the river Rhein, which has a sometimes a huge drift, but mostly not dangerous. It’s a river in canton Ticino, which needs drift diving certification, I guess because it’s a tricky one, I was never there, but a dive center located in Zurich and Winterthur, said so. You can do your drift diving certification in this river. I guess one reason could be: the river is in the mountains very wild so many rocks etc. I guess I would change it like this: if you plan to dive in a river drift diving certification could be useful and in some rivers in Switzerland it's requested. So a smart idea, if you visit Switzerland, get drift dive certificated. 😁 I guess one poit which is important: where did you do your certification, like attitude diving it's possible to do in lake Konstanz, because it's high enough but still low enough to dive without. But I would never do it there, because I would get certificated, where I find it useful. So I would never do a deep dive certification in a Pool, because to me it would be useless. 🤣 I understand if you live where the sea or like isn't deep enough and I really want to get certificated. So if you would do ever a part two, then I would recommend to add, where a certification could be useful even the certification isn't much useful. So like: if you ever travel to Austria, go get attitude diving in one of those beautiful lakes, so you got the chance to see beautiful lakes in the montains. Or get in a swiss river drift dive certificated, and enjoy being drifted. Then you could recommend places for night and deep dive certification, I saw a clip at dive talk, there was a place where the view was amazing even deeper then 50m because it's so clear, so a place to enjoy the deep dive. So it would be amazing to do such a list. Because then you would get a benefit not just a certification. 👍👌

@CircleHScuba

5 ай бұрын

That’s a really good idea. I wonder if I can find a good list of the best places for certifications haha. I went to Titisee in Germany a few years back and that mountain lake was SO beautiful. I’d love to dive in the mountains up there!

@benheckendorn2696

5 ай бұрын

@@CircleHScuba an idea would be to ask your followers, if they would recommend places, secoundly if the list would be a serie of videos, it would keep on growing, because there would be more viewers and more recommendations. ☺️

For rebreather, most (should be all), will not sell you a complete rebreather without that specific units certification card. For example, if you buy a rebreather from me, I will not ship it to you, it’s going to your instructor. For my students, every night durning the class, I keep a part of your rebreather so you do not have a complete unit until you are fully certified.

@CircleHScuba

4 ай бұрын

That sounds appropriate to me! For PADI's specific rebreather certifications, I wasn't sure if people go after them after they've been certified on a unit or not. I feel like at that level you probably know how to make the decision, but I would recommend it versus not to err on more training isn't ever bad. Regardless I knew you definitely had to be certified on the unit first, just wasn't sure on the agency certs for this video's purpose of ranking specialties.

@Teampegleg

4 ай бұрын

Eh... if you can't trust them overnight, I'm not sure that is someone that should be trusted with a CCR at all. I can understand if you have a period of time between classes where they might get the idea to go dive it, but if they can't control themselves overnight...

Guys listen up i just bought a new drysuit as a new drysuit diver. i did a dive in a 5 meter deep pool and i got told multiple things to know such as sqeeuz and how to inflate and deflate. he said my trim was perfect for a new drysuit diver i new most of the things i just gotta make dives in the open water. so i went diving without specalt with a experienced drysuit diver 2 years experience. He said that i should train on deflating my air out of my suit which should go easy. That was the only thing should i still do the certification since its allot of money?

@tobiashartung856

5 ай бұрын

Are you aware of all the emergency procedures? For example, what do you do if you invert underwater, your feet pop out of your boots and you are now head down in the water without being able to use your fins?

@CircleHScuba

5 ай бұрын

I’d get certified, yes. As Tobias said, there are emergency procedures that you should learn and practice, and doing that with someone who’s been diving a couple years versus an instructor that can help rescue you is a bit of a difference. A drysuit is an expensive piece of kit. The class is a small cost in comparison. I get that courses can be costly, but if you’re spending so much on gear, why would you not spend that small percentage of the gear on learning the safety aspects?

@user-xh8bf6rd6s

5 ай бұрын

@@CircleHScuba that is what my instructor said to me aswel i should train more often because i know everything in terms of safety thats what he said

@CircleHScuba

5 ай бұрын

I think if you “know everything in terms of safety” that’s a pretty bad way to look at things. I’m more a fan of “I’m always learning” type of approaches personally. I mean, it’s up to you but I would get the certification if I was in your situation.

@user-xh8bf6rd6s

5 ай бұрын

@@CircleHScuba look i have the same personality net week i am about to have a chat with my instructor to ask if i do need a course if he says that i dive perfect with it than i dont need to but when i did the course that doesnt mean i wil 100% know how to dive with a drysuit practice makes better with or without

Is Cmas brove available in your country?

@CircleHScuba

5 ай бұрын

I’m not sure. I’m in the US, and I’ve heard of CMAS but mostly just online, haha. Never met anyone here in the US with theit cert. why do you ask? 😊

@tayfunkucukates

5 ай бұрын

@@CircleHScuba I have just wondered😊

what about oceandiver and masterdiver thats non padi

@CircleHScuba

Ай бұрын

Well, the title says it, haha. I ranked the PADI ones. I’m a PADI instructor, so I can’t speak too much to the others. Some are similar or have equivalent requirements as PADI ones. Ocean diver I’ve not heard of, master diver I assume is similar to master scuba diver maybe? Since I’m not an instructor with other agencies, I stuck with PADI link the title says 🤙

What about all the courses that you can take for SSI?

@CircleHScuba

5 ай бұрын

Well, I’m a PADI instructor and this video was for the PADI specialties haha. I could look up the SSI ones but I’m not an instructor there so I don’t feel like I could speak to all of them. Generally every agency offers pretty much the same specialties though, they just give different names sometimes

@Divewith.G.M_Official_Channel

5 ай бұрын

@@CircleHScuba you know I'm actually thinking about taking extended range once I get comfortable with the max depth that I can go . And that's going to be after my nitrox course . And then I'm going to take a cave diving course and then a reck diving course and then I'm going to take a dive with all of those incorporated but they're still like two courses that I'm going to have to take but whenever I join the US costs guard they're going to pay for my dry suit and full face mask courses because they're going to give me a full face mask and a dry suit with my name on it:) by the way the max depth that I can go is 60ft and I'm still young but old enough to take SSI

@CircleHScuba

5 ай бұрын

@Raybriernza please do not spam comments about your posts in my community. If you want to make meaningful contributions I appreciate that

@CircleHScuba

5 ай бұрын

That’ll be great GM!

@Divewith.G.M_Official_Channel

5 ай бұрын

@@CircleHScuba yes but you can call me Gavin because GM stands for my first initials of my first name and my last name okay thank you.

What about a dive certification agencies tier list?

@CircleHScuba

5 ай бұрын

Ranking like, open water versus advanced versus rescue? Or agencies?

@epicoutdoor5795

5 ай бұрын

@@CircleHScuba Sorry, that was a typing error on my side, trying to be witty about some agencies. I was amazed when I learnt that PADI rewrote the definition of AOW to limit dives to max depth of 100ft, unless you do another speciality course. I'm "advanced" certified with another agency and could proceed with the particular dive planned for 120ft (130ft being certification max), while my friends who are certified with PADI AOW, but without deep diving speciality, had to sit out. One guy said if he knew this in advance, he'd have trained with NAUI instead.

@CircleHScuba

5 ай бұрын

@epicoutdoor5795 ah ok, yeah the extra deep certification adds the extra depth. I’ve been fine with it personally as I don’t think you need to rush to 130 feet anyway. As it is, people get advanced right after open water and no other diving in between sometimes. I’m ok with an extra class for the last bit of depth just to try to force some diving in there 😅 But also can totally see your point too

@epicoutdoor5795

4 ай бұрын

@@CircleHScuba I also see your point - first do no harm and protect lifes should always be top priority - but feel this restriction place uneven burden on different people. I'm from South Africa, where AOW costs 125% of the minimum monthly wage. In USA and Australia a basic AOW without liveaboard doesn't even cost half the country's minimum wage. To do OW, AOW and Deep Diving Speciality would require almost three months' salary, or a year's savings if you had to buy also food and pay rent.

No Turkish subtitles?

@CircleHScuba

5 ай бұрын

Sorry, I normally subtitle all of my videos and then use translation software to translate to about 25+ languages but this one is so long I had trouble with it.

You forgot ‘underwater magician’

@CircleHScuba

5 ай бұрын

Distinctive specialties like that will have to be for another video. They’re not official from PADI, they’re from instructors who write their own specialties and then submit them to PADI for approval :) I do think I’m going to make a video on fun distinctives though!

what ON EARTH is that on 11:10 ?? you need to fix ur sidemount wing as ASAP.

@CircleHScuba

29 күн бұрын

Yeah, had a bolt back out at the top. Fixed it after that dive 😢

Informative video, it’s just tooo long…

@CircleHScuba

Ай бұрын

I agree honestly. So many specialties and I wanted to say something about each but gosh, there’s SO MANY! Haha

Sorry, the most worthless HAS to be “boat diver” certification. While my certification class in the 80s included multi level, refreshing on it could hold value. And checking that your computer is giving you sane information seems to have value. But boat diving?? that has to be a worthless class.

@CircleHScuba

5 ай бұрын

Definitely not worthwhile lol. Multi level, today, is the most worthless imo

@Daveador876

5 ай бұрын

Dsmb deployment

Why in every footage you see divers with snorkels? if you really want one, put it in your BCD, but hell no, don't put it on your mask while diving. There is no other sign than sais "I am a PADI fanboy" or "I just did my OWD".

@CircleHScuba

5 ай бұрын

I’m pretty certain just about every major agency requires them for open water, so not sure where the “PADI Fanboy” comes from 🤣 I mean, really unless you’re told otherwise, you learn to have one in open water with every major agency so unless you’re taught to remove it or decide to on your own, you’d probably have one? I see mixed groups regularly on dive trips with some have snorkels some not, some with snorkels and hundreds of logged dives, some without and only 10 dives. I think it’s just a choice you make. I personally prefer no snorkel and one in my pocket. This kind of response bothers me though because I think people get too judgemental about gear config when it’s not that big of a deal for normal recreational diving.

@Daveador876

5 ай бұрын

I stopped using mine as soon as I finished my ow. Had to buy one when I started my dm. Only used it assisting on confined water

Okay i'm disagreeing with a lot of what you're saying so far

@CircleHScuba

2 ай бұрын

Please feel free to share your opinion, I’m open to opinions :) What are you disagreeing with or what suggestions would you have?

Master scuba diver is not a core class

@CircleHScuba

4 ай бұрын

It’s not a specialty class per PADI, that’s why I didn’t put it into the list and said it’s part of that core tree, in which their flow chart does put it at the last stop for recreational diving before moving to tec or pro levels

Great vid! Getting controversial at 10k 😅🫠 Big feels on the lake Travis comment. Nice use of “beer can” instead of “adult toy”

@CircleHScuba

5 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 Only true Lake Travis divers know the island I’m talking about 😂 Easter egg shoutout to where I was certified!